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cognitive dissonance
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cognitive dissonance
n. Psychology
A condition of conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's beliefs and one's actions, such as opposing the slaughter of animals and eating meat.

cognitive dissonance
n
(Psychology) Psychol an uncomfortable mental state resulting from conflicting cognitions; usually resolved by changing some of the cognitions


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00 Paperback Treatments that work RC569 In this package comprised of a facilitator's guide and 10 staple-bound participant workbooks, Stice (Oregon Research Institute) and Presnell (psychology, Southern Methodist University) outline a two-part group intervention program, based on cognitive dissonance theory, for adolescent and college-aged women at risk for developing eating disorders.
In tracing the development of cognitive dissonance theory, he addresses the motivational property of dissonance, shifting models and understandings of the role of the self in dissonance theory, and issues of culture and race.
Aronson, Elliot (1992), "The Return of the Repressed: Dissonance Theory Makes a Comeback," Psychological Inquiry, Vol.
 
 
 
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